Improvement in cartridge-belts



W. W. ROGERS. Cartridge Belt.

No. 197,946. Patented Deb. 11, I877 )fi/Ezesqeg, I I l Q% m l J220672/112'.

UNITED: STATES PATENT OFF-ICE.

7 WILLIAM W. ROGERS, OF UNITED STATES ARMY.

IMPROVEMENTIN CARTRIDGE-BELTS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 197,946, dated December11, 1877; application filed August 31, 1877.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM W. ROGERS, first lieutenant, United StatesArmy, have invented certain Improvements in Revolving Cartridge-Belts,of which the following is a specification This invention relates tobelts for military and sporting use, on which to carry either paper ormetallic cartridges; and consists of thin metal bands, to which areattachedsuitable cartridge-holders, and which are arranged to slideabout a leathern belt worn upon the person, the object being to soconstruct and arrange the several parts that the revolvingcartridge-carrier will slide with greater ease and certainty, and beless liable to get out of order than those heretofore in use.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 is a top viewof a cartridge-beltembodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a top view of the same with theprotecting-cover left off. Fig. 3 is a portion of the belt stretchedout; and Fig. 4 is a transverse vertical section, the last two figuresbeing enlarged to show more clearly the construction.

A is a belt, of leather or other suitable material, to be worn next theperson. B B are metal guides fixed to the belt A, to hold thesurrounding thin metal bands 0, which, together with the leather strapsE and spiralwire cartridge-holders D, constitute the slidingcartridge-carrier.

It will be observed that the ends of the metal bands 0 are bent slightlyoutward, and that the guides B and B are arranged in such relation toeach other that the cartridge-carrier as it is moved around, is held bythe gui es securely in place, at the same time that it is permitted tomove freely, the slight spring in the ends of the bands (3 yielding tothe buckling-strap H in the act of sliding the belt around, whichpresses them down, causing them to engage with the guides B.

E are straps, of leather or other suitable maexpansion or contractionfrom the elfects of changes in the weather. A waterproof cover, F, isarranged to protect the cartridges, a flap, Gr, forming a part of it,being arranged on the right hand, so as to afi'ord convenient access tothem by simply raising it.

It is contemplated to make the buckling- 1 strap H of the carrier ofelastic webbing, if it should be found better adapted.

I do not make any claim, broadly, to a cartridge carrier arranged torevolve or slide about a leathern belt wor'n upon the person, as thishas been done in several ways heretofore. Y

My improvement consists in the peculiar construction and arrangement ofthe several parts of which it is composed-viz., the guides B B, attachedto the leather belt A, as shown, in combination with the metal strips(1,,to which the helical cartridge'holders D are attached.

I claim as my invention- In combination with a belt, A, provided withthe cover G and guides B B, the sliding carrier-belt composed of themetal strips, or bands 0, leather straps E, and cartridge-holders D,constructed and arranged substantially as set forth.

WILLIAM W. ROGERS. Witnesses:

A. J. YORK FRANK P. FAY.

As here shown, they are

